Police are now waiting for the post-moterm report for an 18 year old girl who drowned in a river in Nadacia village, in Rakiraki on Saturday.

Police confirm that the girl was walking along the river bank with her younger sister, when she suddenly collapsed and slipped into the river.

She is believed to have drowned and family members after being alerted later found her body floating in the river.

Police are now trying to establish the cause of death.